Visualizing the changing landscape of US immigration

Kyle Walker, TCU

September 19, 2015

Mapping Immigrant America

Themes to explore

  • Diversification
  • Dispersal
  • Suburbanization

Diversification

Chicago

Chicago

Chicago

Source: WBEZ/Chicago History Museum

Chicago

Source: ChooseChicago.com

Immigrants in Chicago since 1920

Dispersal

The immigrant gateway

Traditional immigrant gateways

New immigrant gateways

Refugee migration

Minneapolis-St. Paul

Minneapolis

Source: The New York Times

St. Paul

Source: Twin Cities Daily Planet

Suburbanization

Immigration in the South

Washington, DC

Suburban growth

(visualization here of growth in immigrant population)

Local response

Source: LRS Latino

US immigration: prospects

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